CHICAGO — An environmental policy group has identified hundreds of Midwest manufacturers that stand to benefit from the web of high-speed rail routes emerging from Chicago.

A report released Friday by the Environmental Law & Policy Center says 460 supply-chain manufacturers in seven Midwest states are poised to reap new business, along with a dozen highly visible companies that make rail cars and locomotives.

The group's director, Howard Learner, says the report shows "the federal investment in high-speed rail modernization is good for manufacturing jobs, good for economic growth and good for the environment."